LEADINGAGE KANSAS UPDATES
Weekly COVID-19 Webinar
- Did you miss our weekly webinar today? View the recording. Here is the PowerPoint.
- Don’t forget to join us next Friday at 10 AM to talk all things COVID-19. Register now.
- Miss a weekly webinar update? Check out the archives.
Here are our other upcoming timely webinars focused on COVID-19:
- May 14, 2020 1-2 PM | Webinar: Caring Through COVID-19 – Navigating the Pandemic.
KANSAS UPDATES
- Reposting: PASRR Revised Guidance from KDADS.
- There 6,501 cases of COVID-19 in Kansas today. These numbers represent ONLY individuals that have had a positive COVID-19 test. | Map of COVID-19 in KS.
FEDERAL UPDATES
The CDC Adds Several New Symptoms to Its Existing List of Symptoms for COVID-19
The CDC has long reported fever, cough and shortness of breath are indications that someone might have the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The CDC has now added six more conditions that may come with the disease: chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain (myalgia), headache, sore throat and new loss of taste or smell.
LEADINGAGE NATIONAL UPDATES
LeadingAge Press Conference Outlining the 5 Needs for Aging Services Right Now
We invite all members to make use of event materials to cull messages for your local media outreach. Download remarks from Katie Sloan Smith, the official press release, and an infographic of our five essential asks. The following articles were quick turnaround features based on the press release. Stay tuned for more.
- Skilled Nursing News, With Federal Help Pending, Parking Lot Guy’ Becomes Most Reliable Source of PPE for Nursing Homes
- Bloomberg, Senior Living Providers Fight for Covid Funds, Protective Gear
- Home Healthcare News, As Providers Resort to Parking Lot PPE Deals, LeadingAge Demands Federal Help
Let’s Give Thanks to All the Caregivers this Mother’s Day: This Mother’s Day, LeadingAge is inviting all Americans to join us in the fight to protect the older people we care about most (like our moms!). A new social media campaign is designed to lift up the care workers who have dedicated their lives to caring for older Americans—and are risking their own lives during this crisis. Through Sunday, LeadingAge’s national social accounts will feature the new Mother’s Day campaign. This new, shareable creative direction aligns with the many wonderful local campaigns we’ve seen across the country—and the materials you can use to join us!
Other Info from LeadingAge National
- Overview of “Opening Up America Again”.
- CMS Releases Guidance Ahead of Nursing Home Reporting.
- LeadingAge Need to Know: Coronavirus (5/8/20)
- Coronavirus Daily Member Update Recording (5/7/20)
- COVID-19 Member Community – The Member Community is an online discussion forum between LeadingAge members about all things COVID-19. Join the COVID-19 group to ask questions, access resources, and share best practices for dealing with the coronavirus.
- Email COVID-19 Questions to: covid@leadingage.org .
- Read their webpage at www.leadingage.org/covid19
